Sparkle Flake

Winter in the Pacific Northwest is just right for papercrafting. 

One thinks highly of enjoying the outdoors through the windows rather than from the drivers seat!!!

Although this gold foil design is not 6-sided, it was made with the idea of a snowflake in mind. I used the Kreaxions circle cutter, star template, and punches #907 and #909. 

The gold foil paper and Red music notes are by Craftsmith Co., from last years Christmas release. And not to be neglected is that delightful gold embossing powder from WOW and the little red brad from Recollections.
A tutorial on punching snowflakes will be available on January 14th.

Scrap On!

 ~charity~

Jingle Trees

Decorating for Christmas with gold foiled paper is so fun!
 The Mint Pink paper pad from Craft Smith offers a great alternative color scheme.

These trees are made from triangles, slit part way down the center and bent towards the ends. The edges are punched with Kreaxions Punch #312.

The tray was a wood grain contact paper number I snatched up at a thrift store. I gave it a few coats of black acrylic paint and then sprinkled it with glitter and powdered milk paint while the final coat was still drying. After sufficient drying time, I knocked the extra powder off and added trees and candles.

Supplies:
Paper:Craftsmith
Yarn and Bells:Stash
Glitter and Paint Powder:Martha Stewart
Punch #312:Kreaxions

Scrap On!

~charity~

Star Wishes

Full time college classes leave little room for crafting, but the savvy crafter will always find away!!! I couldn't let Christmas zoom past without at least a nod at the new Star Wars movie!

My first card uses a combination of Craftsmith paper, Funfare stencil, and Kreaxions punch # 914.

Kreaxions punch #312, another Funfare stencil, and silver foiled Craftsmith paper were used to create the second card.

Supplies:
Paper:Craftsmith
Alpha:American Crafts
Tiny Type:Authentique
Ink:Close To My Heart
Stencils:Funfare
Punches:Kreaxions

Scrap On!

~charity~

The Sky Is The Limit

Today I used punches to make a butterfly card. I like the shapes-with-in-a-shape concept and my Kreaxions punches made that ultra easy. 
~ The Sky Is The Limit ~

The larger butterfly #604 and the smaller butterfly from border punch #901 mesh nicely. To stay true to the butterfly shape I cut some of the butterflies in half.

Supplies:

Paper:Craft Smith Co.

Punches:Kreaxions #604 and #901

Sentiment:My Minds Eye

Glitter Glue:Ranger

Vellum:Stash

Scrap On!

~charity~

Hello Fall

Today's project is an Autumn banner.
Our rainy weather dried up just long enough to grab a photo on my wooden fence. So quaint!

~ Hello Fall ~

I like to use journal blocks for quick projects. For this one I just rounded the corners and adhered them to the circles.

More details and product links on the Just Imagine Crafts blog. Link in side bar.

Supplies:Paper:Fancy Pants
Journaling Blocks:October Afternoon

Ink:Close To My Heart

Twine:Dollar Tree

Circle Cutter:Kreaxions

Border Punch #915:Kreaxions

Scrap On!

~charity~

Sugar Sweet

My oldest daughter has been enjoying anime in conjunction with her first year Japanese Language class. It's resulting in new hair styles and edgier clothing. Of course that boils down to more photo ops for me!!!

~ Sugar Sweet ~

To give the roses dimension I spritzed them with water them crumpled them and let them dry. I used hot glue to adhere the irregular shapes to the photo mat area. I also added a line of stitching to anchor the roses to the paper.

Sketch:

Melodee Cloud for Scrapbook Steals

Supplies:

Paper, Stickers:Bo Bunny

Title, Die Cut:Stash

Sequins:Studio Calico

Trim:Webster's Pages
Circle Cutter, Punch #916:Kreaxions

Ink, Glitter Paint:Ranger

Scrap On!

~charity~

Paper Pumpkin

It's my favorite time of year...pumpkin everything!!!
Today's project is a Pumpkin made from punched strips, laced with washi tape.

To begin I cut 8 strips 12x 3.5 inch strips from cardstock. I punched both sides with Kreaxions punch #311. Then I unrolled a 13 inch piece of washi tape, folded it in half, and laced it through the punch marks.

 I covered a toilet paper tube with matchin paper. I used brads to fasten the ends of the strips into one end of the tube. Then I folded those strips outward and over and connected all of them together at the top with another brad.

To form the stem I rolled a 3x3 piece of paper into a tube. I folded one end of the tube back into itself and cut four slits into the other end of the tube. These pieces I adhered to the top of the pumpkin.

 To add to the charm of this home made pumpkin, just add a battery operated candle and let it glow all night.

Supplies:
Paper:CraftSmith
Washi Tape:Love My Tapes

Scrap On!

~charity~